Queen rearing by high and low queen mandibular pheromone responding worker honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 679-690

  Pankiw, T ^a,b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVISION OF LABOUR; HONEYBEE; QUEEN MANDIBULAR PHEROMONE; QUEEN REARING; WORKER;

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0030730005     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent129679-4     Document Type: Article

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